While most of us do not want to admit it, there comes a time in all our lives when we enter what is tongue-in-cheekly sometimes referred to as ‘the snap-crackle-pop generation.’ The indisputable fact is that aging bodies do in fact, age, and arthritis is often a part...

Imagine for a moment that you get in your car, in a hurry to go somewhere. You turn the key to start the engine, and it whirrs but the engine does not start. Oops, you forgot to get gas! Unlike your car, which is dormant between uses, whether you are awake or asleep,...

Do you struggle with fibromyalgia daily? It’s estimated that one in 50 Americans are afflicted with this disorder, with 90% of them being women. While there are FDA-approved medications to deal with the pain and other aspects of the condition, there are also several...

Fibromyalgia is a condition that is not well understood by either the people who have it or the doctors who treat it. Its’ symptoms range from mere nuisance discomfort to debilitating daily pain and fatigue. Fibromyalgia’s daily aches and pains Fibromyalgia is a...

It’s everywhere! Formaldehyde has been linked to everything from the formation of life on earth to cancer. Among a multitude of other things, it is used for embalming bodies before burial, the creation of facial tissues and toilet paper, the manufacturing of rubber...

Although it may seem strange to most of us, we essentially have two brains. There is the one with which we are most familiar (in our head) and another, which is in our gut. Both of our brains developed from the same bit of tissue when we were fetuses. They remain...

Even medical societies disagree on the proper diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease, so it is easy to understand why there are no set answers on how to diagnose and treat the symptoms that present as Chronic Lyme Disease. Controversy that extends to the science...

Like Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome (CFIDS) and Fibromyalgia (FMS), Chronic Lyme Disease is a diagnosis that is fraught with controversy. Considered idiopathic (meaning the origin or cause is uncertain), Chronic Lyme Disease symptoms are many and...

More people than ever are choosing to have a diet that is gluten-free. Information about gluten intolerance is becoming more available, and laboratory tests can now detect varying levels of gluten intolerance. For some people like those with celiac disease, going...

Whether we are athletes or more sedentary folks, we all need protein. The importance of high-quality protein in the human diet cannot be overstated. Every cell in your body contains protein, which is made up of a chain of amino acids. When the protein you ingest is...